Cullernie
Ring Cairn (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Site Name Cullernie
Classification Ring Cairn (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Canmore ID 14197
Site Number NH74NW 13
NGR NH 7319 4749
NGR Description Centred on NH 7319 4749
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14197
- Council Highland
- Parish Petty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH74NW 13 732 475.
Fraser (1884) lists a "fragmentary" site of a stone circle under the name of Cullearnie (East End) which would be about 4 1/2 miles east-north-east of Inverness, but it is not marked on the OS 6" map and nothing is now known of it in the district.
J Fraser 1884; A S Henshall 1963.
Field Visit (February 1978)
Cullernie 1 NH c.725 477 NH74NW 12 & 13
Nothing can now be seen of two 'circles', possibly prehistoric burial cairns, noted by Anderson in 1824 near the Clava cairn (NH74NW 4). This may be the site that Fraser noted in 1884.
RCAHMS 1979, visited February 1978
(Anderson, G 1831, 218; Fraser 1884, 361, no. 34; Henshall 1963-72, i, 373)
Archaeological Evaluation (November 2009 - February 2010)
NH 7322 4755 An evaluation was conducted for a proposed
housing development at Upper Cullernie. The site is located
in the area of a supposed ring cairn (NH74NW 13). The
seven trenches excavated in November 2009 revealed
no archaeological features or deposits. A watching brief
undertaken November 2009–February 2010 during the
clearance of the site recorded 10 features, consisting of
6 hearths and 4 pits dating to 3120 ± 40 BC to AD 280 ± 40.
Only one find, a fragment of pitch-stone, was recovered from
a Bronze Age pit. A desk-based assessment located the actual
site of a possible ring cairn at NH 7287 4733.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended). Report: HCAU and RCAHMS
Funder: William Gray Construction Ltd